Living Like A Tongan | Vava'u | Kingdom of Tonga 

They are Angels on earth

I agree. I work with a bunch also

@@jayworship8365 oh well

Thwajk

Yes Tongans are very giving people ❤

I'm so happy to hear that brother! It was a major blessing and pleasure to experience the culture in most of your little islands. Small islands big heart! Ofa atu

do tongan know indonesia?

@@ilhamsatriadarmawan meaning?

do tongan people know indonesia where is it?

@@ilhamsatriadarmawan yes

+James Anderson I couldn't agree with you more. Selfless heart felt human beings on the planet. They came to help when I was hitchhiking to a place to stay and be family with them. Super blessed! hope you get to visit Tonga someday

It's amazing brother! Should make a trip out there.

Yes! This home is just as much as your home! 🏝💕 I’d love to visit Samoa just as much!

Kia Ora / Bula brother! :D

@@aperezvoyages kia ora bro...vinaka

Malo aupito brother! An absolute pleasure. Tongan people treated me very well in Tonga! 💙

Bula BULA!!!🤙🏽 Just one flight away straight to Vava’u braddah!

Was an absolute pleasure 💙

A blessing my friend 🙏🏼🤙🏼

Ah man! What a pleasure! I enjoyed our chat and the company bro! We had met just right before I was going to set sail to Fiji. The guy I was with was the captain! Hope all is well with you bro! Ofa atu!

Anthony Perez we ought to catch up next time you’re in NZ. Ofa atu God bless

Would be awesome brotha! Let me know if you happen to find your way to Hawai’i! 🤙🏽

Anthony Perez I’ll start saving up now

@@jimpaea5473 did you save up enough?

+MzVavau08 Malo aupito for the beautiful words! It was a huge pleasure diving into your culture. 😊😊

Malo aupito for the awesome comment my good friend ! That concept is what drives me to visit places and it’s peoples. Was a pleasure to extend that heart to Tonga. 🤙🏼🙏🏼💙ofa atu

Hey man! So nice to hear your history of these island gems. It's one of my favorites also! Not sure what your current living circumstances are now, butttt...always still an option to make it your home :D

Noel Stone I think you will, had you stopover in Vavau, the most beautiful group of islands in the Pacific

Absolutely agree braddah! I work with a few here and gonna come together on a video. 😃

Hope you get to go back sometime soon 🤙🏽🌺🇹🇴

+FIJI BATI ISLANDER ahh man then you'll love my Fiji version of this video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qS8spKx6TgI.html this took place two weeks after I left tonga!

An absolute pleasure :D

+Ameh Was a pleasure 😊🙏🏾 Do you plan on going back any time soon?

If that much homesick why did you leave?

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank you for the beautiful comment! ❤️❤️❤️❤️🇹🇴

Ah man, small Vava'u

Thank you 😁

Was a blessing and pleasure braddah! Love everything about Tongan culture 😁

+R Wolf wow that's amazing man! I'm sure you've gotten real perspective of proper positive ways to live as a unit in those villages! :)

+Island Gal I hope you get a chance to visit some time soon! I miss the kind people 💙

Haha well your Tongan friend isn't wrong. Tonga is actually very small with four islands groups. Check out the size perspective here www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/california-usa/tonga

Compare to where he’s from it prolly is lol

+Florist Peni What a blessing it is to show your beautiful island it's people and overall Tongan culture. 💙💙💙

Bula brother! Thank you so much for your kind words. I'll have to say the same for Fiji people. Fijians are true and honest at heart and It left a lasting impression after I left Fiji. :D

So glad you enjoyed a virtual trip back to your roots brother :D

Yelirosa Gora you should ☺️☺️☺️

@ Yelirosa Gora, put down ‘To’e mei moana’ on RU-vid you can see a bit of Vavau from the air it’s beautiful

Mahalos braddah! Happy that can share more depth into Tongan culture! Tongans are the kindest people ever! Assuming you mean you’re going in April this year, you’re going to love it and not want to come back. Will give some perspective in life for sure. 🤙🏽 aloha/ofa atu

Kahelelani they still let you travel during pandemic?

+Tiana Vakaafi This comment made my day! So awesome you had the opportunity to live such an experience! Even moreso that you have family ties and roots to the land, give you even deeper of a perspective of your family tree. So awesome! You're absolutely right about the morning drums and damn roosters. But the sound of the church singing was bliss despite struggling to sleep well hehe. Where abouts in the states do you resist now? How was that roundtrip flight ?

Anthony Perez I’m in Utah. So the ride home was.... ehhhh long. 😂 we left vavau a couple days before our flight because we had to take the boat back and it only comes every other day I guess. That was hard. Saying goodbye to my family was hard. We all cried a lot haha. Anyway, we headed back to the main Island where we stayed for two days before getting on the plain back to Fiji. And then Fiji to San Francisco. And finally San Francisco to SLC. Tiring trip but we all made it home. And have been home now for 2 weeks! :)

Yea i figured that trip was hella long. But worth the journey. They have non stop flights from vava'u to Fiji but not sure how frequent they are. And yea the boat service in Tonga is not the most reliable. I had to book a flight to Vava'u because they send their fast boat to Fiji for maintenance. Come to find out a few weeks later, they repainted the boat to their rugby teams color. Haha. Anywho, glad you're back and settled. I'm sure the time spend allowed you to live and see things in a new light. Tongans are the kindest hearts ever, proud of their culture, their land, and best of all the best sense of community. Hope you have a chance to revisit someday! :D

+Love Lee An absolute pleasure my dear friend! Never too late by the way! Malo aupito! 💙where in New Zealand are you by the way?

Anthony Perez you’re amazing. Im in Auckland NZ but Vava’u is my home 😌. What was your favourite & best thing you experienced in Vava’u?

An absolute pleasure my friend! Was one of the greatest opportunities 💙

An absolute pleasure braddah! 🤙🏼 🌴🥥🇹🇴

Reminds me of my Caribbean roots as well (Dominican Rep. & Puerto Rico)

Yea which island you from?

St Vincent

+Akosita Otumuli What a pleasure brother! 😁

Was a pleasure to share the world of Tonga through the lens of my camera and eyes. ❤️🇹🇴

+say1ess I appreciate that brother! All I hope to share is culture, beauty, and authenticity! 😊 aloha/ ofa atu

+say1ess I appreciate that brother! All I hope to share is culture, beauty, and authenticity! 😊 aloha/ ofa atu

+say1ess I appreciate that brother! All I hope to share is culture, beauty, and authenticity! 😊 aloha/ ofa atu

+say1ess I appreciate that brother! All I hope to share is culture, beauty, and authenticity! 😊 aloha/ ofa atu

+Anthony Trang My pleasure bro! Check out my other pacific island playlists. I have New Zealand, Fiji, Nauru, Kiribati , and Tuvalu posted on my channel. Still working on some more of Kiribati and the Marshall Islands

+Bing Bong Bang Bung Beng you will love it. It's so pure !

An absolute pleasure! Hope you get to go back sometime 🤙🏽😊 ofa atu

+dah hala That’s awesome my friend! They are the absolute best and was a blessing to have met them and spent time with them! Ofa atu!

+P.E. Amueli thank you 😁Aloha from Hawai'i! 🌺

@@aperezvoyages ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Unrelated but if that's your pic, your wingliner is on point!

@@infinite6163 yes my pic lol thanks

What's a wingliner? If u talking about wigs I don't wear wigs this all my own hair ,😂

Thank you braddah! Sending aloha from oahu! 🤙🏽🌺 Happy 2020

Haha Puerto Rican & Dominican that is (from New York). Super blessed to have had the opportunity to see first hand how kind spirited Tongan people are. Ofa atu brother!

@@aperezvoyages I knew you were pr from New York I heard it in your accent. I really enjoyed all your videos in Tonga thanks again

as soon i saw your face i was ummm wtf this man look dominican to me😂

Yep! Platano right over here 🙆🏽‍♂️

@@aperezvoyages your Caribbean so it means your an islander yourself

+Sosaia L Ngata ofa atu brother! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🇹🇴

Thank you 🙏🏼🤙🏼

What a place to live. Beautiful community on a beautiful island 😀

Why you move to tonga?

@@littleroots because no more paying bills there 😂😂😂

Malo e lelei! If this ain’t the most damn awesome comment ever! You make a good point and recommendation for a q&a style video. I actually might consider doing that! You’re three years to my month in Tonga yet still, that month changed my life entirely and also molded to become a better person. It was the first of a number of other pacific islands I’ve been to on that trip. I think I said in the video, if the world and it’s people modeled it’s values in life and how we love our community and work together, it would literally be the answer to world peace! Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to write this beautiful heart felt comment. It’s comments like these that make me happy to see my true desire for how I travel, gets transcribed into a RU-vid video and hopefully reaches peoples hearts(hope that made sense). Thank you again for your words and glad it’s brought so much joy to you and your Tongan heart! 💙 Ofa atu💙

Anthony Perez My notifications aren’t on so best believe i’ll be checking in for a new video 🥰 I definitely feel you! it is no exaggeration when we say to visit these places because they really do change the mentality of many because it really strips you of all the materialistic things and show pure joy and happiness from showing compassion and love. The core values of a Tongan is divided into 4: 1. Fakaapaapa: Respect 2. Loto tō: Humility 3. Mamahi Me’a: Strong desire to make it happen 4. Tauhi Va: Maintain good relationship with others As I mentioned, I am humbly grateful to see that your selfless voyage shows the life of a nation that don’t have much in terms of materialistic things but I can assure you that we have an abundance of love and gratitude to always help others even if they don’t even ask. Bless your heart for being able to showcase this and may goodness, kindness and success always find you wherever you may be on the maps of the world. I look forward to see more of your journey in the future ps. Definitely let me know or anyone you know who is going to travel to Tonga so that we may host you! I know people too who are also willing to open their humble homes to you all. Ofa atu ❤️

+Mark Estrella tank you brah 🤙🏾

+Špárkłé Wátérmęłøñ thanks so much my friend :)

Glad you bring you back bro! 🤙🏽😊 ofa atu

They are the absolute best 💙💙💙💙💙 Hope you can make it back!

My pleasure :D

Yea, it's surely not for everyone. Basically tongue numbing sleep aid :)

A pleasure 🙏🏼🇹🇴

Thanks bro🤙🏽

The most loving and kind for sure🇹🇴

I appreciate that. My style and focus on RU-vid is different than what’s out there. Glad that it’s appreciated and enjoyable! 💙🤙🏽🌺

@@aperezvoyages Aww, no problem! It's a lot more of a realistic POV. Idc for all those pictures of rich people sunbathing in an infinity pool on an island. It's such a selfish perspective. So, your videos have unique take. Thanks for sharing them with us and allowing us vicariously to get to know these islands and the islanders!

Love this comment! I completely agree with you 🤙🏽 malo aupito/mahalo nui/ thanks so much!

+amrani amr ☺️🙏🏾

+filiandsela tonga is such a special place! :) hope you get to revisit sometime soon! 😊

+Aloitalau 川さきKawasaki 🙏🏾💙

+TOnGa G 🇹🇴❤️🇹🇴❤️😍

home sick more like hungry for 🐴😂😂😂

@@o.l6733 😂😂 you know the drill😂

what drill??lol

@@o.l6733 😂😂😂

Yes you will 😎